Engineered floor and scaffold systems

Abstract

This unique modular flooring system with system scaffold understructure is an engineered system capable of use with most tent manufacturer's options. The engineered floor is for engineered clear span tents. This unique system transfers the load of the tent, tent frame, scaffold system and floor understructure to the ground through the tent leg. The system is configured so that the stage flooring section does not support the tent, tent frame, tent poles and scaffold system.

I claim: 
     
       1. An apparatus comprising a modular platform system with scaffold understructure for supporting a tent and a tent frame wherein the apparatus comprises more than one assembly of:
 a scaffold leg having a ground end and a supporting end; 
 a saddle connected to the supporting end of a scaffold leg, wherein the saddle engages and supports a first beam and a second beam; 
 wherein the first beam and the second beam have a flange attached to each end of the first beam and each end of the second beam; 
 wherein the flanges of the first beam and the second beam are oriented such that the flanges of the first beam can be inserted into the second beam, without creating a left beam and right beam; 
 wherein the first beam and the second beam are joined together at the saddle by inserting a flange of the first beam into the second beam and inserting a flange of the second beam into the first beam, resulting in the flange of the first beam and the flange of the second beam being adjacent; 
 wherein the first beam and the second beam have a shaped cross-section with opposing lips configured to engage and support a platform flooring section; and 
 an upright connector, having a flange, connected to at least one beam; 
 wherein the apparatus transfers the load from the tent to the ground through the upright connector, the beams, the saddle, and the scaffold leg. 
 
     
     
       2. An apparatus according to  claim 1  wherein the upright connector further comprises:
 a bottom portion supported by the first beam; 
 a flat plate supported by the bottom portion; and 
 an upright portion supported by the flat plate, wherein the upright portion is configured to engage a tent leg. 
 
     
     
       3. An apparatus according to  claim 1  wherein the saddle further comprises pin-snap lock shores for fastening the beams to the saddle. 
     
     
       4. An apparatus according to  claim 2  wherein the upright portion is a geometric projection. 
     
     
       5. An apparatus according to  claim 1  wherein a multiplicity of the beams and the saddles can be arranged to accommodate a plurality of configurations. 
     
     
       6. An apparatus comprising a modular platform system with scaffold understructure for supporting a tent and a tent frame wherein the apparatus comprises more than one assembly of:
 a scaffold leg having a ground end and a supporting end; 
 a saddle connected to the supporting end of a scaffold leg, wherein the saddle engages and supports a first beam and a second beam; 
 wherein the first beam and the second beam have a flange attached to each end of the first beam and each end of the second beam; 
 wherein the flanges of the first beam and the second beam are oriented such that the flanges of the first beam can be inserted into the second beam, without creating a left beam and right beam; 
 wherein the first beam and the second beam are joined together at the saddle by inserting the flange of the first beam into the second beam and inserting the flange of the second beam into the first beam, resulting in the flange of the first beam and the flange of the second beam being adjacent; 
 wherein one of the flanges of the second beam is inserted into the first beam adjacent to the flange of the first beam; and 
 an upright connector, having a flange, capable of engaging a beam; 
 wherein the apparatus transfers the load from the tent to the ground through the upright connector, the beams, the saddle, and the scaffold leg. 
 
     
     
       7. An apparatus according to  claim 6  wherein the first and the second beam have a shaped cross-section with opposing lips;
 wherein the lips are configured to engage and support a platform flooring section.